shoe lace toggles

shoe lace toggles

Name of Product: Falls Creek infant boy shoes

Units: About 2,300

Importer: Meijer, of Grand Rapids, Mich.

Hazard: The shoe lace toggles can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

Description: This recall involves Meijer Falls Creek infant boy casual shoes with bungee laces and toggles. The brown leather shoes were sold in infant sizes 5 to 10 and have “Falls Creek” imprinted on the bottom of the shoe.

Sold at: Meijer stores nationwide from July 2010 through September 2010 for about $15.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled shoes from children. Consumers can remove and discard the toggles to eliminate the hazard or return the product to any Meijer store for a full refund.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Meijer at (800) 927-8699 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s website at www.meijer.com

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toggle

n.

1. A pin, rod, or crosspiece fitted or inserted into a loop in a rope, chain, or strap to prevent slipping, to tighten, or to hold an attached object.
2. A device or an apparatus with a toggle joint.

v., -gled, -gling, -gles. v.tr.
To furnish or fasten with a toggle.

v.intr.
To alternate between two or more electronic, mechanical, or computer-related options, usually by the operation of a single switch or keystroke: toggled back and forth between two windows on the screen.

[Origin unknown.]

• 〔tl | tl〕
  

[名]

1 （スポーツ服のボタン穴などに差し込む）棒型の飾りボタン.

2 《コンピュータ》トグル：（オン・オフなど）二方向に切り替えできる論理スイッチ.

3 留めくぎ, 留め棒.

4 ＝toggle joint.

━━[動](他)

1 …にtoggleを取りつける.

2 …をtoggleで留める［締める］.

━━(自)《コンピュータ》〈コマンドが〉（オン・オフを繰り返す）トグルとなっている.